A woman died after drowning when she fell into a drain after the collapse of an iron bridge in north Delhi’s Roop Nagar on Tuesday morning.. Rescue teams from the Boat Club are conducting an operation to check if more people may have fallen into the drain after the bridge gave way. (HT). Rescue teams from the Boat Club are conducting an operation to check if more people may have fallen into the drain after the bridge gave way, HT has learnt.. This incident comes after a series of pit-related deaths reported across the national capital this year, indicating a lack of basic safety measures put in place under contract rules and traffic police conditions for road work in several areas.. Kamal Dhyani, a 25-year-old bank telecaller, died in west Delhi’s Janakpuri in the early hours of February 5, reportedly after falling into a 4-5-metre-deep pit that had been left open and without safety cover on a poorly lit road. Delhi Police has arrested a contractor who had dug the pit as part of a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) project in Janakpuri.. More details are awaited.
